Our Warmest Wishes For The Holidays - Korean War Veterans ...

As a group we marched in the Queen Victoria’s Birthday
Parade on May 21, 2007 in Victoria, B.C. We got our own parade
permit for the Clallam County 2nd Annual Korean War Memorial
Service. This will be one of the first County military parades in
the history of the city. I believe the first parade was back in the
late 1800s, when the Admirals Fleet was stationed in Port
Angeles. The insurance cost me an arm and leg, but I feel that it
is well worth the cost and effort.
I also sent you the latest on the progress of the Korean War
Veterans Memorial Highway. The legislation has been chaptered
and sent to the Secretary of State on April 20. The Secretary will
send it on to the Transportation Commission and from there on to
the Department of Transportation. The plaque for the Author,
Rep Lynn Kessler, has been made. There is a copy nearby. The
Port Angeles Flower Beautification Society (Blue Star) has
agreed to glorify the area where the plaque was going to be
placed.
For our 2nd Annual Korean Memorial Service we honored the
men who were captured and missing in action by date, rank and
unit. We also read off the names of those killed in action (6) in
Clallam County. The featured speaker was Major General
Herbert Pinn. He commanded the Princess Patricia Canadian
Light Infantry in Korea. We again had the Consulate General
Chanho Kwon from Seattle.
The honor guard comprised members of the Washington State
National Guard and the Coast Guard stationed at the Ediz Hook,
Port Angeles.
Gerald P. Rettela, 72 Derrick Road
Port Angeles, WA 98362
National Sgt-at-Arms John Sonley presents CID 311 Commander Charlie
Henderson with the new Chapter’s Charter as members look on
DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE
The Department sponsored a Remembrance Day on 25 June 2007
at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. City Mayor Samuel R. Cooper
proclaimed the day, “Korean War Rememberance (sic) Day,” and he
called on “all citizens to join with me in honoring the men and
women who fought and died for their country in this war which has
largely been overlooked in the annals of American history.”
311 H. EDWARD REEVES [AZ]
The newly chartered Chapter has hit the ground running. It
conducted a one-day Rose of Sharon event during which members
took in $1,500.00.
Chuck Stohr, 2094 Summer Breeze
Prescott, AZ 86303, (928) 443-7371, cpstohr@aol.com
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CID 311 members at their Rose of Sharon Event
Poster advertising the Department of Delaware Remembrance event
The event was well publicized in the Cape Gazette newspaper,
which devoted a multi-page spread to the event. (The article is
available via the Internet. Search for Cape Gazette and search the
November-December 2007
The Graybeards